Sat October 31st 2009 600am I got up kind of late. I have been battling a cold, but I can be sick at home or sick in a tree I found two tarsals from my buck last year so I thawed them out and set them on the back of my decoy. This morning I put out a buck decoy. 725am I start a rattling sequence qith my rattle bag for about 3minutes. I hit my bow grunter a few times and wait.

745am I hear movement come out of the bottom a young buck a perfect 8 pointer comes up from behind the pond. Hes perfect but not mature enough to shoot I have the decoy set up so it is about 23 yards north east of my stand and the wind is a light breeze from the south. The 8 pointer is about the same size as the decoy maybe a little bigger the set up is perfect I could killed the buck 4 times he tries to circle around but he cant get the scent of me or the decohy I am also using some smoking sticks and I made a dispenser out of some PVC parts. The buck finally looses interest and walks off, but not without blowing a couple snorts towards the decoy. This buck was maybe 115 and he might of been 2yrs old.

845am a small 10 pointer checks out the decoy from the east side of the pond bank. wind 9mph shifting west. But doesn’t commit. This decoy may be a bit much for these smaller bucks I think I am going to attach a set small forkhorn antlers to my Flambeau decoy and fill the head with foam or try to find some small platsic antlers I really just need a small spike decoy.October 31, 2009 Afternoon Hunt – I went out this morning, but saw zero deer, however I have checked my trail camera, check out I was pinned down by 3 does after dark.

Here are some Trail Camera Videos from the camera I put out yesterday. This is just on a travel pathway about 10 yards off a scrape. And about 70 yards from my stand.

October 30 2009 8:30PM

October 30 2009 9:33PM

October 31 2009 3:33AM - 8 Pointer I called in this Morning

October 31 2009, 745AM Another 8 Pointer This Morning

October 30 2009 8:27 PM

The season is really picking up. I see a lot of bucks and they are working scrapes and cruising during daylight hours.